Faith

Last week, I wrote an email to a cherished friend whose first born is about to graduation from high school. I have found myself sharing these types of words often in the last couple of years (many of the MOPS Moms I mentored now have graduation seniors)....
You have no idea how many times I have thought of you over the past school ... read more

When my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2004, I gave them a gift that was a disappointment. It came in a large, beautifully wrapped box and contained an empty scrapbook with pretty papers and die-cut numbers of each year of their marriage. They had expected a completed scrapbook of their 50 years together - not an empty book. ... read more

This morning, I told my husband again that I missed my parents. I miss their presence in my life, the ease of our conversations, the interest they had in me and the fact that they knew me first. Their legacy in my life goes far beyond money, it is rooted on relationships. Their relationship with each other, with me, my family and most importantly ... read more

In the past weeks, I have found myself dealing with "life stuff." Life seems like it is going along fairly well, then I find that I am overwhelmed with living with a chronic illness, or sad at relationships that need to be healed or longing to be with my parents again. If I am not careful, I can find myself discouraged very quickly.
I felt ... read more

The Saturday between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday is where I live most of my life -- waiting. God truly deems waiting as valuable, or at least He must, because He has me (and most of us) in waiting modes most of our lives.
The disciples waited in fear behind locked doors. I have been there many times - waiting in fear. The ... read more

Last year, I had several quilt tops from my grandmothers quilted. These quilts had been pieced together by my paternal and maternal grandmothers and one was most probably worked on my maternal great-grandmother. The woman who quilted them thought that one was probably from the 1930's (the one with a variety of patchwork material) and the other ... read more